Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire - Holiday Inn (1942/2020) [Official Digital Download 24/192]

Fred Astaire - Holiday Inn (1942/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time - 20:40 | 548 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

Dancer, actor, and singer Fred Astaire worked steadily in various entertainment media during nine decades of the 20th century. The most celebrated dancer in the history of film, with appearances in 31 movie musicals between 1933 and 1968 (and a special Academy Award in recognition of his accomplishments in them), Astaire also danced on-stage and on television (garnering two Emmy Awards in the process), and he even treated listening audiences to his accomplished tap dancing on records and on his own radio series. He appeared in another eight non-musical feature films and on numerous television programs, resulting in an Academy Award nomination and a third Emmy Award as an actor. His light tenor voice and smooth, conversational phrasing made him an ideal interpreter for the major songwriters of his era, and he introduced dozens of pop standards, many of them written expressly for him, by such composers as Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Burton Lane, Frank Loesser, Johnny Mercer, Cole Porter, Arthur Schwartz, Harry Warren, and Vincent Youmans.

Fred Astaire - Steppin' Out: Astaire Sings (1952/1994)  Music

Posted by Domestos at Dec. 21, 2019
Fred Astaire - Steppin' Out: Astaire Sings (1952/1994)

Fred Astaire - Steppin' Out: Astaire Sings (1952/1994)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 203.75 Mb | 01:06:11 | Covers
Vocal Jazz, Traditional Pop | Label: Verve Records - 314 523 006-2

In 1952 Fred Astaire joined Oscar Peterson and some of Verve's best sidemen to lay down jazzy, laid-back versions of songs he had made famous in his Broadway and film career. Those 38 tracks, released as The Astaire Story, have been condensed into this collection, Steppin' Out: Fred Astaire Sings. While Astaire was not blessed with great vocal chops, the best American songwriters including George and Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, and Cole Porter loved him for his unerring sense of rhythm and sympathetic treatment of lyrics, qualities that are well displayed here. Tony Bennett hit the pop mainstream with his 1994 album of jazzy Astaire standards. Here's the original. – David Horiuchi

Fred Astaire - Easy to Dance With / Now: Fred Astaire (2019)  Music

Posted by aasana at April 4, 2019
Fred Astaire - Easy to Dance With / Now: Fred Astaire (2019)

Fred Astaire - Easy to Dance With / Now: Fred Astaire (2019)
Pop, Easy Listening | 01:16:31 | WEB FLAC (tracks) | 298 MB
Label: Sepia

Titled after "You're Easy to Dance With", an Irving Berlin song from the 1942 motion picture "Holiday Inn," this collection combines 2-LPs-on-1-CD with meticulously-remastered sound, original artwork, and new notes, quotes, and discographical information. The 27 total selections, recorded in various settings between 1952 and 1962, contain music written by Astaire (like "I'm Building Up to An Awful Letdown" with lyrics from Johnny Mercer); songs that he was famously associated with throughout his career, including "A Foggy Day", "Change Partners", and a medley of "Oh, Lady Be Good", "Puttin' On the Ritz", and "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails"; and unusual bonus tracks, such as his humorous composition and vocal Calypso Hooray.
Fred Astaire - The Complete Studio Recordings (1955-1962) (2020)

Fred Astaire - The Complete Studio Recordings (1955-1962) (2020)
FLAC tracks | 01:18:10 | 343 Mb
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Easy Listening / Label: Jasmine Records

Whilst FRED ASTAIRE'S recordings from the 1930s & 40s have been re-issued many times, his releases from the mid 50s and early 60s are often overlooked. This compilation collects together all of Fred's recordings made specifically for record releases from this period and originally released on RCA, Verve, Kapp, Choreo and Ava, including 'I Won't Dance' and 'They Can't Take that Away From Me' accompanied by Oscar Peterson and several songs written by Astaire including 'Hello Baby' and 'You Worry Me' All of his single releases in their original mixes - many previous re-issues have had reverb added - along with the full 'Now' LP from 1959 in stereo. Also included is a rare version of 'Dearly Beloved' from the Morris Stolloff album 'Soundtracks Voices and Themes from Great Movies'. The Bonus track is a rare unedited big band medley version of 'Something's Gotta Give / Sluefoot'.
Mel Tormé - Four Classic Albums (It's a Blue World/Sings Fred Astaire/California Suite/Back in Town) (Remastered) (2023)

Mel Tormé - Four Classic Albums (It's a Blue World/Sings Fred Astaire/California Suite/Back in Town) (Remastered) (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 747 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 360 MB
2:30:34 | Jazz | Label: AVID Jazz

AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered second 2CD set release from Mel Torme, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details. "It's A Blue World"; "Sings Fred Astaire"; "California Suite (1957 version)" and "Back In Town".

Fred Astaire - The Great MGM Stars (1991)  Music

Posted by v3122 at March 26, 2019
Fred Astaire - The Great MGM Stars (1991)

Fred Astaire - The Great MGM Stars (1991)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
EMI Records/MGM, CDP 79 5853 2 | ~ 220 or 149 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 44 Mb
Vocal Jazz, Soundtrack

Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz;[1] May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and television presenter. He is widely regarded as the most influential dancer in the history of film…

Puttin' On the Ritz: Fred Astaire and the Fine Art of Panache, A Biography  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by Free butterfly at Sept. 18, 2023
Puttin' On the Ritz: Fred Astaire and the Fine Art of Panache, A Biography

Puttin' On the Ritz: Fred Astaire and the Fine Art of Panache, A Biography by Peter Levinson
English | March 17, 2009 | ISBN: 9780312353667 | 496 pages | EPUB | 0.64 Mb
The Darktown Strutters' Ball - Fred Astaire, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, Ginger Rogers, Sophie Tuc (Piano-Vocal-Guitar

The Darktown Strutters' Ball - Fred Astaire, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, Ginger Rogers, Sophie Tuc (Piano-Vocal-Guitar)
English | 2 pages | PDF | 1.3 MB
Mel Torme & The Marty Paich Dek-Tette - Mel Torme Sings Fred Astaire (1957/2014) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz]

Mel Tormé - Mel Tormé Sings Fred Astaire (1957/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 35:05 minutes | 731 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

Mel Tormé reunites with arranger and conductor Marty Paich and his 10-piece ensemble the Dek-tette on this 1956 recordings dedicated to Fred Astaire, Tormé's favourite singer. Heavy on material from the Gershwins and Irving Berlin, these songs all appeared in Astaire's films.
VA - I Get A Kick Out Of You: The Cole Porter Songbook, Volume II (1991)

VA - I Get A Kick Out Of You: The Cole Porter Songbook, Volume II (1991)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 277 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 130 Mb | Scans ~ 58 Mb | 00:56:29
Vocal Jazz, Vocal Pop, Standarts | Label: Verve/Polygram | # 511 070-2

Terrific versions of classic Cole Porter songs recorded by jazz's greatest vocalists… Louis Armstrong, Anita O'Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Helen Merrill, Dinah Washington, Mel Torme, Sarah Vaughan, Shirley Horn, Billie Holiday, Fred Astaire, Blossom Dearie, Morgana King, and Betty Carter.